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Market

I used to help clean up the market on Saturday nights when I was a small boy, the church bells used to toll and one night sounded for hours. One stall holder was very small and when he drove his truck he had wooden blocks fitted to the peddles and could only see through the steering wheel.

A memory of Enfield in 1955 by Ray Johnson

Perfect Place

My name was Sandra Goodfellow when I was born at home in Erbistock in 1954. I lived on Twining hill. I had a very happy childhood there with my three siblings, Mum and Dad. I started Erbistock school in 1957. It was a cosy, two ...Read more

A memory of Erbistock by Sandra Bayley

Swmming In Hounslow Lynne Lowe Nee Barnett

I attended Chatsworth and then Twickenham County ,was a member of Hounslow swimming club . As Hounslow Baths were closed in the winter months the club used Heston Baths and we always stopped at Rossi’s in ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Lynne Lowe

Daresbury Firs And Other Memories

Brought up in the Square I have happy memories of playing in Daresbury Firs. The blue bells were always marvellous in the spring! I used to help my stepdad (Roy Forster) collect leaf mould for his vegetable ...Read more

A memory of Daresbury Firs by Sue Lomas

Seaford Rd In The 50s And 60s

I was born in 15 Seaford rd. in 1954. Tottenham then was like a village where everyone knew everyone else. I can clearly remember rag and bone men with their horse and carts, ringing their bells yelling "old rags and ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by John Martin

Harriott Brothers The Butcher's Shop

My Father was Arthur Harriott who owned Harriott Brothers Butchers Shop (which can be seen at the bottom left-hand corner of the picture) together with his Brother, Edward. We lived in "Old Sarum" which is the ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1950 by Pamela Beeching

Swinging 60s

Memories of dances at Leiston/Aldeburgh to the music of local band, The Rebels, with mates Steve Mew and Keith Tomblin. I worked at G.A. Hubbards as an aerial erector before moving to London, where I still live with my wife and 3 children. ...Read more

A memory of Kelsale in 1963 by David Mckenna

My Childhood In Coldharbour

In July 1959, I was born at home, to Eric and Ann Shields in Coldharbour village.  My father was the village policeman; we lived in what was then the police house, which was situated next to the village shop opposite ...Read more

A memory of Coldharbour in 1959 by Rosemary Shields

Our House In Lusted Hall Lane.

A very happy time when we lived there. 22 houses on this land now. We had the woods down the hill with bluebells, white bells, snowdrops and Hazel nut trees.

A memory of Biggin Hill by Sioban Martin

Memories

I was born in 54 Mill Street, Trecynon. As was my sister, our mother and her brothers and sitsters. A little 2 down 2 up, stone cottage. It was on the top of the hill, and we could run down "the trip" as we called it, and play there, ...Read more

A memory of Trecynon in 1947 by Heather Forey

Captions

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Caption For Howth, The Church Of The Blessed Virgin Mary 1897

The church was founded to take the place of St Nessan's, on the nearby island of Ireland's Eye.

Caption For Ormskirk, The Clock Tower C1960

There have been weekly markets at Ormskirk since 1286; the ancient market cross was replaced by this clock tower in 1876.

Caption For Arlesey, The Church C1960

Dedicated to St Peter the parish church stands approximately at the northern entrance to the village.

Caption For Eastbourne, The Promenade C1960

The present entrance kiosk building replaced the 1940s one seen in this view with a much more exotic Turkish pavilion, enlarged in 1991.

Caption For Chipping, Talbot Street C1955

At the top of the street is the Sun Inn where, in 1835, Lizzy Dean was a barmaid.

Caption For Cattistock, General Vew 1906

Cattistock is well known as a centre for foxhunting - the local pack is one of the best-supported in England.

Caption For Bredgar, The Street C1960

The church of St John has a beautiful tower, which overlooks this splendid-looking family home.

Caption For Bottisham, The Bell Inn C1955

The Bell Inn's chimney stack with grouped shafts is older than the present brick building.

Caption For Wells, Cathedral, The Quarter Jacks C1920

This photograph shows the two knights removed from their places for restoration.

Caption For Cambridge, Leys College 1890

The Leys was founded by Methodists as a boys' school run on Christian principles.

Caption For Barfrestone, The Church Of St Nicholas C1960

The amazing stone carvings at the church of St Nicholas makes this church one of the most perfect specimens of pure Saxon in the country.

Caption For Wollaston, The Village C1950

The Bell Inn displays a prominent sign.

Caption For Leeds, Briggate C1955

Leeds was one of the pioneers of segregated tracks, keeping trams and other vehicles apart.

Caption For Howth, The Church Of The Blessed Virgin Mary 1897

The ruins of this collegiate parish church overlook Howth harbour.

Caption For Dittisham, Greenway Ferry 1899

The privately-owned ferry here was summoned by ringing the bell in the foreground.

Caption For Kings Lynn, The Custom House 1898

The Custom House was built in the Palladian style in 1683 by Henry Bell, then mayor of this thriving port.

Caption For Loughborough, Market Place C1965

Since 1955 two architectural nonentities have appeared on the right of the photograph to mar the already indifferent quality of the market place, and road markings are becoming a prominent feature.

Caption For Widecombe In The Moor, At The Village Sign 1927

Although surrounded by a patchwork of fields, Widecombe is a real moorland village, and the skyline is dominated by the tors: centre right is Bonehill Rocks, to the left is Bell Tor and on the

Caption For Warborough, The Memorial C1960

The war memorial in the centre of Warborough was erected in memory of those who died in World War I.

Caption For Luton, The Town Hall C1960

The clean forceful lines of the neo- classical new town hall were in marked contrast to its rather sedate and friendly looking predecessor, built by the Luton architects John Williams & Sons

Caption For Pegwell, Bay 1907

The Belle Vue tea gardens, on the right, were built in 1790 and were very popular.They were visited in 1830 by the future Queen Victoria, who had tea there with her mother.

Caption For Kings Norton, Old Saracen's Head 1949

King's Norton, 'a praty uplandyshe towne', according to the topographer Leland, lies a few miles south of Birmingham, to which city - rather than Worcestershire - it now belongs.

Caption For Church, Church Kirk 1897

Coupling the two words together in this way is the only example of its kind in Britain, and the township around it adopted the name Church.

Caption For Ashford, Grammar School 1901

This is a fine clear photograph of this ivy- clad school building with its typical Victorian architecture and interesting bell tower.